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Originally Posted by ristac
Pam you forgot to add how you had to "Request" that this person who owes you $200 stops using your name as a reference. This is another point, I used same said person, mainly because they stated Pam was a happy customer and I was lucky as my work was completed after a little run around. If I had not just taken word for it and actually contacted Pam then I might have thought otherwise.
I AM NOT blaming Pam, I am kicking myself as checking references is another lesson to be learned...
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See, that's the point I made above? 2 sides to every story, etc. If you had asked me about his work when I was posting glowing reviews about him, his references would have been sterling. But even when he was fucking me over, he was using me as a reference. I told him to stop. TWICE. I told him if he continued, he'd not like what I had to say about him and had email proof of all of it. That was the last I heard. He's very, very lucky no one did check his references with me
Face it, his reputation was made and a lot of work was gotten because of what I posted about him, and I *was* happy at the time. I tried to be understanding when he had a family issue and could not do work, even though he managed to log into MySpace every day. But he posted your work would be done, Ristac, and it was. He posted mine would be done and it simply was not. I didn't even get an email update as promised, nor did he post again.
I had to hire another writer (Senore, who has worked out well thanks to Tigermom posting about him) to pick up the slack and do other jobs while I waited and waited for this person to do what he was paid to do.
I didn't even mention how he TRIED to get me to pay more half-way through and I absolutely refused. That's another rant for another day.
I kept trying to be patient, but I had obligations to myself to meet. I finally just had to hire someone to takeover his work and ask for a refund. I then went though old emails and saw 2 weeks of emails with a promise every day or every other day, yet the work was not done.
I think some of us are professionals. Those of us who run this like a business, don't work for a Happy Meal, etc. Unfortunately, though, there are too many who don't have professional standards in what they do. That's the point of my entire rant. My dog was sick, my car wouldn't work, I didn't feel good, there was a concert, my server was down, my computer died, my monitor died, my foot hurts -- every excuse you can think of.
Wildwebcamgirls, if 100 posts were done, then they legitimately earned it by doing good work so it would be dead wrong of me to ask for that back. They may be fucking me over but that does not give me license to do the same back to them.
Also, Wildwebcamgirls, reviews are not just "you type." You have to understand the niche and fetish. I had a reviewer write a review on a BBW site and he talked about how disgusting the fat women were. It sounds like it's easy but ask anyone who writes reviews how it can be complex. I only require text-- many reviewers on other sites need to download images from a members' area and then need to gauge which images will appeal to a surfer. Writing a review that sells a surfer WHILE being honest is not always easy. It's more than keyword-stuffing but if you don't understand the niche or have a good understanding of it, it's not easy to write about.
But mojo made a good point about people who disappear on a whim and reinvent themselves. I've seen it with a program owner who was proven to shave sales, I've seen it with designers, too. I like to talk to the people I deal with in business.
Ask FacialFreak who called me out of the blue last week just to answer a support question